Surya (SUN GOD):
His bright rays bear him up aloft, the God who knoweth all that lives,
Surya, that all may look on him.
The constellations pass away, like thieves, together with their beams,
Before the all-beholding Sun.
He is brilliant himself; the word belongs to you, it is you in the speech of men
Looking upon the loftier light above the darkness, we have come
To Surya, God among the Gods, the most excellent light.
Agni:
I Laud Agni, the chosen Priest, God, minister of sacrifice,
The hotar, lavishest of wealth.
Worthy is Agni to be praised by living as by ancient seers.
He shall bring. Hitherward the Gods.
Through Agni man obtaineth wealth, yea, plenty waxing day by day,
Most rich in heroes, glorious.
Agni, the perfect sacrifice which thou encompassest about
Verily goeth to the Gods.
May Agni, sapient-minded Priest, truthful, most gloriously great,
The God, come hither with the Gods.
Whatever blessing, Agni, thou wilt grant unto thy worshipper,
That, Angiras, is indeed thy truth.
To thee, dispeller of the night, O Agni, day by day with prayer
Bringing thee reverence, we come
Be to us easy of approach, even as a father to his son:
Agni, be with us for our weal.
INDRA:
INDRA the singers with high praise, Indra reciters with their lauds,
Indra, the choirs have glorified.
Indra hath ever close to him his two bay steeds and word-yoked car,
Indra the golden, thunder-armed.
Indra hath raised the Sun on high in heaven, that he may see afar:
He burst the mountain for the kine.
Help us, O Indra, in the frays, yea, frays, where thousand spoils are gained,
In mighty battle we invoke Indra, Indra in lesser fight,
The Friend who bends his bolt at fiends, Unclose, our manly Hero, thou for ever bounteous, yonder cloud,
For us, thou irresistible.
Still higher, at each strain of mine, thunder-armed Indra's praises rise:
I find no laud worthy of him.
8 Even as the bull drives on the herds, he drives the people with his might,
The Ruler irresistible. THE KING OF DEVAS
MITRA AND VARUNA:
Mitra and Varuna, through Law, lovers and cherishers of Law,
Have ye obtained your might power
Our Sages, Mitra-Varuna, wide dominion, strong by birth,
Vouchsafe us strength that worketh well.
Mitra, Varuna, ye whose ways are firm - a Power that none deceives-,
With Rtu, ye have reached the rite.
Varuna the old lord.
I CRAVE help from the Imperial Lords, from Indra-Varuna; may they
Both favour one of us, like me.
Guardians of men, ye ever come with ready succour at the call
Of every singer such as I.
Sate you, according to your wish, O Indra-Varuna, with wealth:
Fain would we have you nearest us.
May we be sharers of the powers, sharers of the benevolence
Of you who give strength bounteously.
Indra and Varuna, among givers of thousands, meet for praise
BHAIRAVAKALIKE-NAMHOSTUTE